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Since outsideleft record keeping began, March 1st, 2005, these are the top 50 most widely read stories we've published. Here's your chance to walk down memory lane with us and relive the glorious days...

Your Hall Pass to the Grand Ole Opry by Alex V. Cook
The trick is that he inserts enough of the Austin country-poet-king authenticity shtick to make his albums transcend the the trap of the pack of cookie cutter country bohunks who have spent about as much time in the saddle as the Wu-Tang Clan

Oral Sex Takes a Backseat To No One. by Erin Pipes
From the way things appear lately, you'd think the blowjob wasn't important at all anymore. Maxim would have you think a good session of anal has knocked oral right off the top of the list of Things Guys Most Wanna Do With Their Penis, but I don't think that's true at all.

Morrissey: Ringleader of the Tormentors by Alarcon
The wait is over, kids. Alarcon gets off his ass and delivers the official record review for Morrissey's forthcoming LP, Ringleader of the Tormentors. Yep, it's a long-winded doozy of a read, but it's the most accurate review you're going to find.

Elizabeth Peyton by Joe Ambrose
There's a touch of Hockney about some of Peyton's work, but there is also a touch of the guys you see on city street corners offering to do your portrait in charcoal for a tenner

Chelsea Hotel Manhattan by Joe Ambrose
She was gradually brought into the drug business by one Rudolf Dimitrios, bastard son of a phoney from Germany and a Turkish whore...

You Only Hate the Ones You Truly Love by Alex V. Cook
I'm guessing if I've put this much effort titrating and measuring my love/hate for them, I must really love them lest I wouldn't be obsessing about their status and popping their bra straps all the time.

Charles Barkley: The 5 Minute Interview by Alarcon
Charles Barkley was nice enough to indulge the outsideLeft in a quickie interview last week. He may not be all that important to you, but can still pull more tail than Sinatra in his prime.

More Dear Girl by Erin Pipes
Behold, "Dear Girl... - outsideLeft's version of the tried and true sex column. Erin Pipes, the girl in "dear girl... is a fully qualified expert in the field of sex - mainly because she has the most of it on the staff - so rest assured, you're in good hands.

Morrissey in Pasadena: Night 1 of 3 by Alarcon
"Don't cry for me, Pasadena," crooned the evening's headliner, arm elegantly raised up, as he made his way center stage, almost as if he was channeling the dead old bones of Evita Peron herself.

The Elephant Man: Banksy in Los Angeles by Lamont
Guerrilla artist Banksy lands his mothership down the block. Hipster shock troops heed the call-up and report in droves. Judging by the number of camera crews, this is one revolution that will be televised. Oh, and there was a live elephant to make it a real circus. (comment by whalt)

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